Paintings from Mathieu JN Baptiste
The McGovern Medical School Art Wall features paintings from Mathieu JN Baptiste. Baptiste was born in Port Au Prince, Haiti, and is based in Houston. He spent his early years in Haiti and St. Paul, Minn. He studied art and…
Michelle Barratt, course director of The Healer’s Art, discusses professionalism and professional identity in Turning Pro
“Education toward professionalism is more than being skilled and knowledgeable. It requires a lifelong transformational change in how we think, act, and feel as doctors. Our professional formation (Turning Pro) is shaped by the community in which we are surrounded.”…
Joelle Robertson-Preidler publishes commentary in Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Newest Center faculty member, Joelle Robertson-Preidler, PhD, co-authored a recent commentary with Holland Kaplan, MD, in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. The piece, entitled “‘But my mom still blinks when I talk to her.’ Understanding the concept of…
McGovern Center welcomes two new members
July marked growth at the McGovern Center with the addition of Joelle Robertson-Preidler, PhD, MA, and Alejandro Zapata, BA. Robertson-Preidler is Assistant Professor and joins the Center’s faculty in teaching students of McGovern Medical School. Her interests include effective communication,…
Angela Gomez, Rachel Jantea, and Francine Snow win 2nd place for poster
The 2023 UTHealth Houston Advances in Teaching & Learning Day was held on Friday, July 28. As part of the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), co-director and Center faculty Angela Gomez, EdD presented two posters—one on the Virtual Interprofessional Policy…
Keisha Ray interviewed by STAT for piece about Henrietta Lacks settlement
A recent article in STAT discusses the Henrietta Lacks settlement reached between Lacks’ family and Thermo Fisher Scientific for the use of Lacks’ cells without her consent 70 years ago. In the piece, “Henrietta Lacks Settlement Hailed by Experts as…
QEP Forum welcomes Dr. Patricia Flatley Brennan
Discover how health care policy impacts the world’s largest biomedical library and the center of biomedical informatics and computational biology in the next UTHealth Houston Health Policy Forum, part of the university’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). Save the date for…
McGovern Center issues policy on AI generative tools
It is impossible to avoid the growing landscape of articles and news coverage about the rise of AI generative tools like ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard, and more. In response to concerns about cheating and plagiarism, many higher education institutions have…
Keisha Ray interviewed about her book, Black Health
Keisha Ray, PhD, was interviewed about her book, Black Health: The Social, Political, and Cultural Determinants of Black People’s Health, by Claire Clark, PhD, MPH. The interview appears in New Books Network.
Anson Koshy’s artwork appears in Pulse
Lifesaver is an artistic piece by Anson Koshy, MD, MBE, and appears in Pulse this month. In the artwork, Koshy depicts himself on a raft of sensitivity, unbothered by challenges found in modern healthcare, such as burnout, administrative burden, and…